Trump Signs Order to Boost Investment in Opportunity Zones

President Donald Trump participates in signing an executive order to establish the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) look on Dec. 12, 2018 at the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Senior Reporter
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President Donald Trump is creating a White House council to manage the so-called opportunity zones, a program designed to bring jobs and investments to low-income communities nationwide, as part of an incentive in the tax reform package.

On Dec. 12, Trump signed an executive order to establish the White House opportunity and revitalization council to “encourage public and private investment in urban and economically distressed areas, including qualified opportunity zones.”
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Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Senior Reporter
Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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